Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-11
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lss Fraud Glazliic,ll 4 ssI 81
| TIE ,sts II fslal L Il s.,e have d
very door opi,'i 90 ssf 'ap, q iaa 81 ana
{ bis rims ef The disr,se,y Il, Id MI III.
seen. By The fella wing ,t,ri Il
meeting IF tin, ltotly Is pu1lishea II,
wednesdays ! ,oneer Press 8...555..S v
a1agsz M; sts icles Ni,hSs,l, nun Der SIS a
moi, Few panni' t'e.s have .,een. p.nis1ishe.a
exposing the nov notorious 6,,apt. illatt
iilG lazier's llterat y ldiass d crs.ci Is ;,nf
alleged fraud ulent ciainl b the I. Il ca serg
ots Elk LAX bul tits doubtful ii*any OF
them wtreas comprei,el ve. "a, ii plett Il
detail and wide il scope es@ PEA,
prepared BY Gen u ]. II. Baker and r,;;.aiil
before the State Historical soeieta5 las,
night. Twas nj i regular nnnmly5
meeting ofz fSit,e sa:ieiy. Ams,ng las,,se'
present " ere; z..= + I. s.z.s
Ex Governors Ramsey and Marshall,
Cor. McGiAi Attorney General tsiapl,,
Col Gopdrich, t;en. u II Baker. sG. IS ].
Murdoch, j ID Iudden.. Chaptain
Rratlen, II. F.. Moore audsJ Flclcl,er
Williams. = VI lssS e s $5:s
l. The reading of the paper occupied an
hour and ii half: After referring in
general terms and ses;h;ng language,to
HE ''setfcoastI,ultd, explnrer.' Gen.
Bak er took up1he several visits 10 tile;
lake. beginning with schcul,raft's i'd.
1882 and terminating with @,hat Of
IhopeWen Glarkein 1852. The Paper
stated that The writer had wrnng a con
fession from Capt. is]azier Monday
when he admitted the plagiarism with
which he has been charged. and lso III n,
lie had not visited ANY of the streams
.rudning into Elk lake. G|azier had MOI
oHly given his Rame 10 Elk lake. but had
changed the names Of all the lakes
within y square of:s0O miles. Oneslrins
he nained after the officers Of his rtgi-
men,, and another string "trom Place
river to Lake ltasga he named after his
uucles, cousins and his ants At the
conclusion of the paper tie following.
resolutions were Adopted: @..s a. Z :
Whereas, Tie members of tll:s sac ete.
have listened To the rca;! ne of tie report
prepared by Gen. james Hetlon Baker
an The clatnes made yaCapt. WiIlard
Iiazier, to-. ,lle credit of liayis,g IN 1881
.3discoycrcd the source oEihe Mississippi
u.er,a tDwd: 4 lake np|nining Lake
Naska, DESIGNATED on thcsC nitrd Stats
surveys as Elk lake ti.errfi,rc> lett .,s=
= . Resolved, That we .nriei,y expresses,
the deliberate judgment OF this snri%tv
that the assertions and assumptions of
Said GlaZler, in the mailer nanletE are 1
.baseless and ialse--that lie Is insnOssan SIS
whatevera "diseovertr'' or "explorer,"':
the lake Which lie is now endeayoring
II have called by his name having Lcens
originally visited and MAPPED by School
craft in lS82;s again carefully explore,
and scienii Tcallyexamined and descriil
Ell il official reports and maps by thAt
accurate and cunscientous scientist, .leun |
Nicholas Nicnllet in 1885, and was in
1873 fully snIvcye! AMI mapped by the
stni'ett States surveyors, anil sonn after
claims and preemptions were filed on
lands adjoining said lake. -, -:
Rcs,'lye,t That We assert our nnquai {
fed belief, basel on the thDroug,, aiia /
careful inv .st cations OF MIC, ,|let O. FL |
Garrison and others, and again more
recently, OF those made BY Hnpeweli1|
Clarke, that the lake which Capt |
Glaz:er asserts is ",he Itrue source ofthe
mississippi river is No, such nt realty, |
but that the real source OF tie river is
Lake 1tasca and its tributaries, arising
in sections 21,:anl % Of the township in
which il isiccalstl. 5@a
Resolved, THAI we feel amazed If The
presumption a.,d assurance sii>played by !
Capt. GlaZier: first in hastily making
such All. audacIous claim. hAstd..ai best.
npon All uncertain an;i donhful fnnhdA- |
lion: and again, ia arrogan.lv hsraltiiny.
himself 10 The world as discoxetcr,
without first submitting his claims to
some tribunal com:e,' nj TO pronounce
on their merits aud h#ving his alleged
discovery examined, And further, il
adereiving geographical and scientific
societies by sending hem IN account of
his pretended discoveries, and causing
to he published looks and magazine
&arjcles in tHhiehhe is praised and puftti
~ nnmeas,,rcd terms and held up to the
admiration of the country as one whs,
had achieved some prai$eworthv feat;
ALSO in publishing maps in which,he
lake m question is represented as four
Times IT'S real size. and placed in a wrong
Position; { and lastly. in ,persnading, by%
persistent solicitat ions, map. and school
book publishers IL plaace his name to
"Elk lake Isl and DEF lare It ",he source OF
the Mi,sissippirIyer.' = 49,. 3:
Re> nlrfd, That ihe wholesale and,
unhlushins Plagiarism by Capt, Glazier
from 'tslet descriptions Of Ilasca in The
writings Of 5sehoolcraft. -SIeafrIed and
Others, and of the meteorological tables
in the form er, tend to- shoW discredii1 on
all his assertions and Ito RENTER HIM
unworthy 81 tie. respect and confidence
which wonla be due To him we're he
really the diseayeler which he CLAIMS
10 b.. H%@ :::sss32 q ST. E@ 22!55Sa Ssa %s
Resolved. That We respectfully ask
the legislature 10 l,ass,S without delay.
the bill recently introduced into the
house BY MI. Donnell v,s 70 fix ifl.vocabl
an the, map OF the state the nataess OF
The LAKES and streams com POSING the
ltasca sources Of the Mississippi i5 river,
50. tina, il< earliest explorers be not
ribbed Of their Just lauiels, and Ia;
rennoye temptations 10 adventures III
futnrr 10 gam notpriety BY tachings
their names 10 said lakes Il 81 Ss$
II olyed That we call upon the VAR 4
GUS geographical, historical aud thsra
learned s,,cieiies thrnugl.nrt the world
10 join with Us iii repaaiiliag 1lszier's